What Makes A Nation‚ A Nation? No nation can exist forever. So what makes a nation‚ a nation? Milan Kundera’s essay‚ “A Nation Which Cannot Take Itself for Granted” examines this significant question. Published in June 1967‚ Kundera‚ a reformed Czechoslovakian communist writer‚ explores the sphere of culture and optimism of the Czech nation during the period of de-Stalinization in Eastern Europe. “The existence of the Czech nation has never been a matter to be taken for granted and
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that‚ in theory‚ we will become a smarter and a well-educated nation. According to Michael Moore‚ this is not the case. Moore is an American filmmaker‚ author‚ social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11‚ which is the highest grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d’or. In his essay “Idiot nation” excerpted from his book stupid white men and other sorry excuses for the state of our nation‚ Moore focuses on the collapsing educational system of the
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have now changed‚ but there are remnants of this subject everywhere‚ even in film. The movie Birth of a Nation is considered one of the greatest films of all time‚ even with these themes. AMC’s Filmsite even has it listed within the 100 Greatest Films of All Time. Another movie with the some of the same themes is Blazing Saddles. Blazing Saddles does not have the same stature as Birth of a Nation‚ but it does deserve to be higher in the canon. I do believe that Blazing Saddles does not have the same
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bring down our nation and bring about anarchy. While Calhoun was wrong about America needing slavery‚ he was right about the chaos that would follow abolition. The United States would enter into a Civil War over the matter. Not only the war but‚ the United States just recently ended segregation. Calhoun was a racist who believed that the founding fathers did not include African Americans in the Declaration because white would always be supreme‚ but he did foresee the fall of the nation in its current
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excerpt entitled “Idiot Nation”‚ Michael Moore details his frustration and anger at the sorry state of the United States education system and the role the US government has had to play in its downfall. So how does Moore characterize the politicians and pundits with regard to the state of the US education systems? Well‚ in a typical scathing rant he labels them as over privileged‚ ignorant idiots who have no business running the country. “An idiot leader of an idiot nation” (pg. 125 Moore 2002). This
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Hay Mann Zaw (540415501) National Artifact Assignment (Part 1) Human Geography‚ Chiang Mai University Submitted to Professor Elizabeth Lunstrum 29th January‚ 2013 My Hometown‚ Mandalay as a National Artifact My name is Hay Mann Zaw. I’m a second year student majoring in Social Science at Chiang Mai University. I am a Myanmar who has been living in Mandalay‚ Myanmar my whole life until I came to study in Chaing Mai. I am very proud of my hometown and it makes me a nationalist in some ways
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rights to sovereign rule of a nation. The factors that result from the three elements of nationalism that contributes to the survival of the state are equality within people in the state in terms of the state being meritocratic and the administrative rights of the state. Nationalism results in two main factors that are essential for the state to survive‚ mainly‚ the administrative rights of the state and meritocracy. Hence‚ the state needs nationalism to survive. A nation‚ defined by Anthony Smith‚
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evil‚ but everyone has the freewill to choose which one they become. It’s also important that in choosing‚ one must live by bad or good ideals. This parable is represented in each member of the Walls family. They all have a sinful wolf and a righteous wolf. Rex Walls in particular‚ enjoys feeding his sinful wolf. Firstly‚ he drinks constantly which makes him neglect his children. He also becomes angry when his drunk‚ leaving destroyed furniture in his wake. Then on Christmas in Phoenix‚ he
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Globalized Society’: The Debate on the Philippine Revolution Reconsidered‚” What is to be Written?: Setting the Agendas for Study of History: Workshop Proceedings‚ Institute for International Studies‚ Meiji Gakuin University. Quibuyen‚ Floro C.‚ 1999. A Nation Aborted: Rizal‚ American Hegemony‚ and the Philippine Nationalism‚ Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ________‚ 2002 “Rizal and Filipino Nationalism: Critical Issue‚” Philippine Studies‚ vol. 50‚ no. 2. Rafael‚ Vicente L.‚ 1988. Contracting
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A Nation at Risk Part 1: A Nation at Risk was and is a document that in essence gave/gives a call to arms to wake up the American nation in regards to mediocrity within education. The report changed high schools to include more necessary core classes for the American high school student and brought about other forms of changes for American schools. It has brought about both negative and positive results in the reform towards successful education of all students. It was imperative to bring
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